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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 15, 2021Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 4:54 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2021, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2021, 5:43 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

237 
WUUS54 KLCH 152154
SVRLCH
TXC245-361-152300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0101.210615T2154Z-210615T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
454 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Jefferson County in southeastern Texas...
  Orange County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 453 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bridge City,
  moving southwest at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Nederland, Groves, Port Neches,
  Vidor, Bridge City, West Orange, Mauriceville, Rose City, Pine
  Forest, Lakeview, Pinehurst, Forest Heights and Orangefield.

This includes Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 879 and
856.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3024 9371 3021 9372 3011 9371 3009 9372
      3006 9371 3002 9374 2998 9384 2999 9386
      2998 9385 2996 9387 2994 9386 2990 9391
      3006 9409 3019 9411 3020 9409 3022 9412
      3024 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 042DEG 26KT 3003 9391 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

K. Kuyper

1 follow-up statement

559 
WWUS54 KLCH 152243
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
543 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

TXC245-361-152252-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210615T2300Z/
Jefferson TX-Orange TX-
543 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND
ORANGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3024 9371 3021 9372 3011 9371 3009 9372
      3006 9371 3002 9374 2998 9384 2999 9386
      2998 9385 2996 9387 2994 9386 2990 9391
      3006 9409 3019 9411 3020 9409 3022 9412
      3024 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 042DEG 26KT 2977 9418 

$$

K. Kuyper

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	23 min
Jun 15, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	52 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	48 min
Jun 15, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	30 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	48 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	53 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.